BIT Engineer Apprentice

Job Description

BIT Engineer Apprentice - KTTC

About KTTC:

KTTC is a dominant NBC affiliate, serving Rochester, Austin, and Mason City as the #1 station for news, information, and entertainment programming. KTTC strives for leadership, and does this by keeping viewers safe and informed, supporting non-profits and organizations that serve the community, and helping our local businesses grow.

All employees accept personal responsibility for maintaining the professional culture at KTTC. The KTTC leadership team believes in workplaces ''Free of discrimination, harassment, and incivility – and filled with opportunity, especially for those who've been traditionally denied it,'' (a definition adopted by the work and training put forth by the Power Shift Project). If you value kindness and respect as much as we do, please apply.

For more information about KTTC: https://www.kttc.com/page/living-working-and-playing-in-rochester-minnesota/

Job Summary/Description:

This position is for an entry level Broadcast/IT engineer apprentice who will get daily guidance and training from a highly-experienced engineering team. The BIT engineer reports to the Chief Engineer. You will be empowered to make decisions and lead project implementation. We challenge the team to never settle and always get the most out of every piece of technology in new and creative ways. Serving the other employees, supporting station initiatives and making sure that KTTC continues our market dominance is what our team is about. In this entry level position, you will learn to maintain our IP-based workflow from video editors, network switches, virtual machines and master control automation.

Primary job duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Install and configure computer hardware, operating systems, and applications within the company.
- Troubleshoot local area networks.
- Routine maintenance of hardware and software, such as performing software upgrades and file backups on the network daily, weekly, or monthly.
- Solve IT Help Desk problems promptly.
- Assist computer users through phone, email, or in-person.
- Train users to work with new computer hardware or software.
- Set up or repair broadcast equipment, computer equipment and related devices.

Qualifications/Requirements:
• Has completed or is working to complete a degree in a technical field.
• Ability to learn and adapt quickly to all work situations.
• Must be able to work varying hours and weekends.
• Professional, communicative, highly self-motivated, detail oriented, and focused individual traits.
• Ability to remain positive and foster a positive work environment.
• Ability to document electronically the maintenance that they accomplish.
• Be a team player.

Qualified, interested applicants may go to https://gray.tv/careers#currentopening, you may type in the job title, station call letters, or click on ''apply now'', upload your resume, cover letter and references

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-d5evj7-3-145-115-195-42 in your application.